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December 23, 1789
Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (born 1712)
Charles-Michel de l'Épée
Charles-Michel de l'Épée was an 18th-century French philanthropic educator who has become known as the "Father of the Deaf". He founded Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris, the first public school for the deaf, in 1760.